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Sea eagle predation along Scotland’s western seaboard is becoming a rapidly increasing threat to hill farming as lamb losses mount.

Collection of produce from farms has slowed up, as has delivery of vital inputs such as seed and animal feeds.

The importance of external markets to the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted in a new report from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), which showed the sector was worth more than £1 billion to the economy.

Scotland’s 2021 harvest campaign has to date been one of the easier and earlier ones.

Scottish Government’s advancement of its Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening payments will add ’certainty and stability’ at a time where agricultural businesses are adapting to a post Brexit era.

It was thought the project could transform crop production in Kenya and Malawi

The Covid-19 pandemic is still proving to be a hurdle for large-scale indoor events, with the organisers of AgriScot announcing the farm business event will be postponed to 2022.Ìý

Beaver numbers in Scotland have more than doubled in the last three years to around 1,000 animals, according to a NatureScot survey published this week.

A push to plant trees across Scotland has driven marginal grazing land prices up, with a knock-on effect on better land.

Pigs have been part of the business mix at Slighhouses since the 1950s where recently a drive to improve enterprise performance has seen a new pig breed introduced and fresh approach to marketing taken.